Because it's expensive as fuck. People have been thinking about these for a long time though.

I'm always hoped the first people to build one would toss in a tunnel or channel gap into the center.

Not surprised redbull is sponsoring it. Otherwise I can't see many mountains just dropping that kind of money making it happen.

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"When I win the lottery I'm gonna buy a mansion and name it "theabortionators estate" you can come an go as you please. Ill have a motorcycle in the garage you can run into a tree" -Kevtron

I remember meadows had two minipipes setup next to each other. Was pretty fun to hop over a 4/5 foot deck to the next wall. But while going down one some guy hopes a crossed to mine when I'm going up mine, almost died. In real world would be super dangerous full scale, but epic in comp.

It's all about the snow and getting them open sooner saving money. It's not to make them more stable.

Halfpipes are absurdly expensive if you're blowing snow for the whole thing.

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"When I win the lottery I'm gonna buy a mansion and name it "theabortionators estate" you can come an go as you please. Ill have a motorcycle in the garage you can run into a tree" -Kevtron

about 10 years ago or more they built 3 of the pipes on mt hood pretty side by side. Theres a shot of a snowboarder dropping into the skiers left one, airing up to and sliding a flat rail across down into the next pipe, riding across the flat bottom, airing up and sliding a rainbow rail over into the third pipe then doing a couple airs in that far right pipe.

Trying to think if I actually remember this or just picturing it from hearing it. My brain is fucked but I feel like I did at least here of it if not see it.

I used to read transworld and stuff. Also dragged knuckles for the last 15+ years. Still not sure if can remember it though

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"When I win the lottery I'm gonna buy a mansion and name it "theabortionators estate" you can come an go as you please. Ill have a motorcycle in the garage you can run into a tree" -Kevtron

While not in competition, half pipes being build beside each other has been done before. Not quite lip to lip, but with minimal deck in between. It was up at Windells back in the day - there's footage of it in an old Mack Dawg video. Technical Difficulties if I remember correctly. They had rainbow rails, flat bars, and undervert sections of pipe so you could transfer from pipe to pipe.

There will be a 4' wide spine separating each pipe so it will be pretty solid. I'm sure they'll ice up the structure before they carve the pipe out so it won't collapse. This is Red Bull, they got this shit on lock.

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"When I win the lottery I'm gonna buy a mansion and name it "theabortionators estate" you can come an go as you please. Ill have a motorcycle in the garage you can run into a tree" -Kevtron